Honestly though, Neon Genesis Evangelion feels really relatable right now. Hedgehog dilemas all over the damn place.

*agressively baricades self in room*

Hot take: yearly Christmas letters are the pre-internet version of the "Facebook highlight reel" effect.

Tired: Stress-impulse-buying myself a LEGO set I don't need while out shopping on an unrealistic deadline I set for myself.

Hired: Impulse-buy LEGO baseplate fifteen inches to a side. (This one's not the set, they're separate items.)

If, months or years down the line, I start identifying as "agender" (or similarly NB) -- I'm going to say that I first knew it back in October of 2017, I just didn't know that I knew it yet.

Half-baked (if that?) concept:

Superpowers are a thing. They kick in when you're, I don't know, like twenty or something, and are virginity-powered. They are explicitly available to literally anyone, and the group of people the setting/media/story follows is a balanced (50%~50%, more than three of each) mix of male and female.

I was picturing this as otherwise-completely-modern-world urban fantasy, probably with magical girl flavorings.

(Directly inspired by Sir Galahad as described here.)

Teachable

Taxes happened today. It only took two and a half hours and all week and a not-subtle kick in the pants. The hab person came by today and sat around while I did my taxes but they got done.

Here are some things that did not happen today:

• Laundry

• Food. I eventually called a break on taxes to go grab something to eat so that I had anything at all to eat today. Yes, it was that necessary.

  I am perfectly capable of making food. It just wasn't happening today.

• Dishes, or other cleaning/chores
• Writing. (To be fair, "writing didn't happen today" has been the default state for the past month. And all year. And most of last year, actually.)

I did get one other blog post out today, plus (presumably) this one. I can't tell if that is because I had more blog energy than usual today, or I'm low energy and my standards are lower.

Potato

(Content note for implied gore)